The Pittsburgh gazette. (Pittsburgh, Pa.) 1866-1877, November 26, 1868, Image 1

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MIST ENOIL
O'CIAOCE.; M.
TIIE CAI'ITAL.
. , Feinale Clerks to be Discharged
'' —Reverdy Johnson to be Re
called
_
-- Appointments -- Gen?
ltostian's Report—Letters from
• Rear Admirals Davis and Ram
sal—English and French Offi
cers' Opinion of Lopez.
, MT' TelegratolAo the Pittsburgh Gazette.)
WASEtti;GTONilgoVember,2s, 1868.
The Registerof the Treasury has advised
,
the'discharge of seventy more female clerks
- from his bureau. Twenty-three of those
selected have resigned.
Mr. Seward'read the dispatches of Minis
.
ter,Johnson in the Cabinet yesterday, and
the,proposed plan for the settlement of the
Afabania claims was disapproved. The
recall of Reverdy Johnson is not improba-
The Jeff. Davis capture.. money has all
been paid except General Pritchard's three
thousand dollars. It is Bald he cannot be
found.
General Grant denies that he has ever
written a letter to General Slocum on polit
_ icaVmatters. He is in favor of one term for
' the President. ,
The Chief Justice has confirmed most. of
- Judge Underwood's decisions against ex
rebel; in Virginia, relative to property
rights, the freedmen and banks. ,
General Grant will shortly visit the New
. • England States, and it is said, will place his,
• son at Harvard ODllege. -
- : The Czar has sent two military engineers
, to this country to inspect the Paiiific Rail
' road. He intends building a similar road
'from St. Petersburg to Chinese Tartary.
. ' . The following Internal Revenue ap
siointruents were made to-day: Storekeeper,
, 'David Duncan, for ..the. First District of
Missouri; Guagers, Joel Coae and Chas. N.
', • Ord, Eighteenth District of Ohio.
•" The President has appointed Colonel
- • Powell, of Tennessee,Consul at Port
Stanley, Folkiand Iskuds, to' fill the va
t.; cancy.
Colonel R. B. Keeler, .of General Bons
' neau's staff, arrived last evening with the
;
General's report of , operations in his com
-1
wand. Also his report upon the recent dis
turbanoes in, Lonisiana. These he delii
i erediodaY to General Grant. The Colonel'
. 1 also had an interview with the President,
,i
1 1 Secretary - of War, arid some of, the _prom&
nent members of Congresa, who have ar
', rived• here,: - giving details, derived from
.--••• 'personal observation in New Orleans, all of
: which could not well- be , - included in the
pew 's report .,, . Colonel Keeler, repre
'-i, • :b... J., - - • ~,,,,,.- .- of the.whita people
.., p cd. 1 . 1 .1 •.:; I .. - e lly , to the pream:State'
.r.- Government ~ most bitter and intense;
• that with the.force_ under Gen..• Rousseau's
command r during the recent troubles,
'-; > irewes utterly impossible topreserve peace
.• sr all ' points. Every disposition of 'his
troops was Made, and every possible meas
are was 'taken to` pietect the people is
their rights, without rpgsril to party. The
,` Republic:ant' mit generally vote be
t cause they were advised not to attempt to
-t— do so by their leaders, who believed they
could raitlialte.With safety- to their per
' sons. Inthiaopinlon Gen: Rousseau con
curred, but with the means at his corn
' Mend he was powerless to establish a dif
ferent - thin '•
,Gen. Rousseau . ferent order of things. • n. was
-., in constant conversation with Govern
or - I the ... other State
-°, authorities, during th e - distur bances, and
his course met their warm approval, as it
`` does;of all classes in. New Orleans: ,:Colonel
," Keeler states that up to the date of General
7 .: Steedmsn's assuming charge of, the police
' t , that force was utterly - worthless. It was
: composed of two hundred and forty-three
negn.xe and enehundred andthirtywhites.,
i 'No riots hive - or:burred, and no city has
i een Mora orderly and quiet than New Or.'
j leans since that change. '
General Rosseau courts.the most search
ing investigation of his -management
i - of 'Louisiana - affairs during - the recent
troubles.
1 , Colonel - Keeler- irays there. is - no good
: foundation for themeports of organizations
- in-New Orleans to help the Cuban insur
-4 gents.
Several unofficial letters have been re
.
oeived in this city relative to the Para-
I guayan difficulty. ,
It ha;s been stated that the English and
Frunci3oernments had each sent a man
of-war t o ' -Paraguay..- These `vessels -;have
• returned, as will be seen by the folloWing
from a private letter' from Rear Admiral
Davis. The information received from their
officers differs fronithiipublished accounts.
Rear Admiral Davis,'letter is dated,Rio De
Janeiro, October 26th. He says: Rear
AdmirafFesmiet,..commanding the French
Naval division in this' statidn, with whom 1
am on terms of intimate intercourse, came
yesterday to furnish me some information
recently received from the Captain of the
gunboat backlit,. In regard to his recent
visit to Lopez. his Lieutenant Commander,.
Kirkland, in his unofficial letter contra
dicts the. extravagant stories which have,
been, busily circulated charging Lopez with
various crimes against humanity, and par
' ticularly with the assassination of Certain
• - foreign Conatils, as for example the French
; Consul and the. Portngese Consul. The
'French Consul left Paraguay in the Decidie.
He has been under no apprehension for his
life or safety. , The expression of Admiral
Fisquiet yesterday was u 1 I eta jar/late etc
anqutele.
Rear Admiral George Ramsey, command
lit Hat British Majesty's naval" ferces on
this station, with whom my relations have
- been very cordial, has just came on board
to give 'mti similar information from Lt.
Bush, commanding Hei British Majesty's
gun boat Lennet, now lying at Monteviedo,
but recently returned from Paragqay. His
intercourse with Lopez was entirely satisfac
tory in all respects. In short, in several of
the most important particulars touching the
character, conduct a. d situation of Presi
dent • Lopez, the re , , rts of a month ago
after und • ergoing : ~ odifications from time
to time; are now wholly i'sintradicted. My
conclusion is, I 'cannot expect to obtain
perfittly reliably grounds of action until
i approach more nearly to the scene of war.
There has been'at one time an effort made
to condemn Lopez by_ exclamatory denun
ciations, which are now dYIuS away.
• Admiral Deals has not, as has-been
stated, made application to the Secretaryof
"the Nav3r for additional force with which
to proceed to Paraguay. He has sufficient
number to answer' his purpose.
- , Denounced as Cowardly.
(TVAle:grat' tope Pittsburgh Gagette.l
Noveinber2s.—A Richmond
'dispatchimys that the first announcement
of Mr. Pollard being 'shot, was 'received
virl;h much satisfaction but upon its being
Irasiirn that he was killed -without warn
'bug, the deed was denounced as cowardly:
Pcillard - was heavily armed as usually, but
Maeonscltuts of danger . ':r"
NEW yomr CITY:
MT Telegraph to She Pittsburgh Gazette.l
NEW Yontc, November 25,1388.
'
. Prnrizterf s LEEIAL'PROCEEDINGS 1N TEE
ERIE RAILROAD CASE. '
i In the Supreme Court, to-day, before
Judge Sutherland, the case of Belmont vs.
the Erie Railway and Jay Go uld having
been called, a motion was Made by the
counsel for the defense for a pos tponement
of the settlement of the order,l.for , a re
ceiver. This was •xellised. Almost every
• clause in the order-"as submitted, was ob.
jected to, and several phrases were struck
out. ' A preliminary point as to '' l the effort
of Judge Barnard'satay of proceedings on
the settlement, was settled by Judge Suth
erland holding that it could not Interfere
between the making of an order and its
settlement. The order, as finally settled,
declares
~.Judge Davies as receiver of the
Erie Company, defines his drities, and
orders all persons holding books,
funds, property, • papers, .' ctc4 belong
ing to said corporation to deliver
the same to hint, and recognize his author
ity. It also provides for the payment, by
the receiver of the expenses necessary to
carry on the road, and requires him to
make out a list of all the stock of the • Co.,
with the amount of funds in his hands,
and to keep an accurate account of his
transactions with the road. The' Directors
and other officers were directed to refrain
from any interference with him. David
Bawleyos appointed Referee. This order
having been settled, counsel for plaintiffs
; moved another- order vacating 1 the stay
of proceedings granted by Judge Barnard
:and ordering that all proceedings of said
Receiver . under the order of the 23d inst.
appointing him such Receiver; and under
the subsequent order made this day, more
particularly defining the duties of such
Receiver, so far as Ruch Orders, or either of
them, relate to the Receifer taking posses
sion of the funds, railroads and rolling
stock, supplies and furniture, and the earn
ings from; freight:and.passage money and
tolla of the company accrued and received
since the first day..of November,', 1868, and
to the running or the said road and opera
ting the said ferry, - or " exercising the'
franchises of , said company in respect'
to the running of its road, and other'
roads and ferries, be suspendd until the
decision of the general term . upon the ap
peal'taken from said order appointing Sabi
Reheiver, November 13th, 1868 upon any
appeal- which may be. taken
_.teithin - ten
days hereafter from the;order entered this
day, defining the duties of said Receiver.'
This stay shallnot prevent
- ,;the Receiver
from calling on the - direct° end . ofliplatt
of said Company , by legal pr oceedings or,
otherwise, for • all - , accoun t s = of °,' earnings
and receipts of:: said CoinpanY, fel"
the pnyment of ail surplus - of , said; eanz•
ings over the amounts thoreOf necessary'
to-pay . the legitimats expenses of it. uaning
said road, and operating said ferries, end
that none of the proceedings of the liald re
ceiver under or upon said ordersbe stayed,
except as hereinbefbre specified. This order
was adopted by. Jtfdge Sutherland and the
proceedings terminated. ' '--. ' "-r
CARD FROM =DOR FUL RTON.
Thefollowing card is punished today:
,
' , To the . Public—The parties - implicatedin
,
what are known as whisky frauds, under
the laiiierehip of _S. G. CourtneY, United
States District Attorney, have succeeded, ,
after an effort of more than two weeks du
ration, brprocuring an indictment against
me for an alleged • conspiracy to defraud
the Revenue officer. Ido not know upon
what evidence this has been obtained: but
Ido know, whatever'. it is,
it is wholly
false. I trust my — Mends will be 'pa
tient, as / in. the , end.; shall
show to the satisfaction of. every 'right
minded man that I have neither said nor
done anything which should, in the slight
est degree, impair that confidence, or lessen
that measure of respect which it • has here
tofore been my fortune to enjoy. 'This body
of men who have instigated these proceed
ings, have done so in, self-defense. I am
employed by, the President. of the. United
States, and I am acting under his
authority in exposing _the monstrous
frauds which have been committed on the
Revenue. The only escape of parties en
volved into crush me. This they have
attempted by a vile conspiracy. The truth
will prevail in the end, however, despite
all' fforts to prevent it, and the public will
see who is deserving of condemnation.
[Signed.] Wm. FULLERTON.
,
CAE= F TEE FAILITE.B. ,
It is understood that the cable wires
were not interrupted on Sunday and Mon
day, and• that the,failure to forward news-
paper, Snd - coniniercial dispatches of those
days was in consequence of the occupation
of the cable by official dispatches between
this country and Great Britain.
ITEMS OP OENPAAL INTEREST.
Sir John •Young, the newly appointed
Governor of Canada, and Lieutenant Col
onel McNeil, . Mr. F. Tunnel, Lord Alex.
Russel and Lieut. Col: Bernard, of Eng
land, arrived here yesterday. , 1
The office of the Erie Railroad Company
in West street, was cloged yesterday, sada
clerk told 'all visitors that business was
suspended. The transfer •office in Pine
street, however, was bien as nsuaL
Judge Fullerton denies complicity in the
blackmailing'of Collector Smith.
Arguments in the Rosenberg case were
concluded to-day in: the United States Cir
cuit Court and the decision will be • given
Friday.
The Commercial ova Thrirlow Weed's
health is so poor he Will be 'unable to visit .
Washington this winter, or even engage in
politics or business in New York. •
It is stated that since . Fisk, Gould it Co.
beconie managers of 'the' Erie Railway it
has, cost the Company one , million' dollars
for executive, legislative and legal service.
The charitable buditutions have made ar
rangements,for giving a large , number of
people Thanksgiving dinners. The Five
Points Mission will feed two thousand and
the St. Barnabas Home three thousand.
-- Cheap . Transp o rtation..
CB, Telegraph to the Pittsburgh 6uette.3
,
• PORTLAND, ige., Novemoer 24 Th e
speech of Edward Crane, of Boston, upon
the subject of cheap transportation, Was
made here to-night at City Hall Many of
his facts and auggestions 'wero' novel, and
elicited markedd — expressions of approval
from the large audiente assembled, com
posed mainly of the principal merchants
and capitalists of Maine. ' Resolutions were
adopted eneedingly complimentary to the
speaker, o of which' urged the necessity
of the immediate construction of the' Niag
are Ship Canal by„the Government.
• The Cleveland Accident.
By Telegrsphle, the Pittsburgh gazette. ' •
CLEVEL.A.ND, November 2 5.—the 'casual
ties by thaeaving in of a sewer on Broad
way, last night,: as far as developed, are
two killed-and nineinjured.• Theyare still'
digging, and others may be found. • '
- Truly a`• Allver VVedding.,
cps , Telegraph to the Pittsburgh Gazette.]
WonegstEn, Mass., November 25.—At
'the silver wedding or John B. Gough, last
night, over thirty thensand dollars worth
of presents In Silver were displayed from
Western Mends;
THU RS
SECOND EDITIO.I.
A. M.
g_ROM EUROPE.
. _
The "Globe' , on the Chinese Em
, bassy Gladstone's, Cabinet—
The Alabama .
Inancial and Commercial.
CB7 to ‘ the Pittsbargh'Gazette.3
p,REAT BRITAIN:
tormox, liovem4r 23.—The Mae has'
au editorial on the re lio n of the Chinese:
Embassy by•lthe Queen. It attaches great'
irapOrtance tO the mission .of Mr. Burlin
game, and after describing itobjects, says:
"America is favorable to a protetive sys
tern,'while England desires uninterrupted
intercourse. `,The interests of Europe \ and
China are not conflicting. - The interestof
Great Britain and the welfare of the Chinese
are identical. If there is the smallest
chance of advantage accruing from the pro=
posed treaty, let us ratify it withoat the
least possible delay.
Speculation is rife in :regard to the,com
position of Mr. Gladstone's Cabinet. It is
considered very nearly certain that the
Earl of Eimberly - Will be Searetaryof State
for Foreign Affairiar - -
The propriety of having the Alabama
Commission hold sessions successively in
London and Washington is now under con
sideration.
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
LONDON, November 25.—Evenirig—Con
sols 94 v s ; 5.20's firm 75. Railway stocks
easier, Erie 263, Illinois Central 96.
FBNKPORT, November 25.—Bonds 79,0
November 25.=-Cotton closed
firm at a slight advance, middling uplands
at 11y 4 a11tygd., Orleans 11%a11,gd., salei to-
day of 15,000 bales. West, red western •de-
clined to 93., Bd.: other bres,dstufilf
changed. Beef closed heavy at 98.; other
provisions tinehanged. Lard .655.; 6d.
Bacon 555. 'Produce generally. :unchanged.
Tallow 505., Bd.
LONDON, November 25.--. Evening-•-Petra
s loam is., BNd. Spirits Turpentine Able
TallOw 514. Saw and oils unchanged.
Aarrwun?,. November 15.-r Petroleum
firm at`s4 franca:
HAvms, November 25.—CUtton firm and
unchanged. . _ - • -
l'infs,November 2 5.—Bounaquiet; Ben-.
Hamm, Noveniberl24s.-03tton to arrive
at 12@)15L fOrslow Middlings. '
RXgRM4Nb.
~ •
iron Clad Oath Not ,
to be Adainistered to
Grsiad Jurors—lnquest in the Pollard
Shooting-Case. , • - •
(Pi Telegraph to the Pittsburgh gazette.]
&crudOzor, Nov. 25.—Chief Justice Cbme
..
this morningetecided that th e iron clad; ath
should not be administered to'grand jury
men, as it rather hindered than 'furthered
the ends of justice. A ntsw jury has been
summoned under this decision and will
only take the oath to support the Constitu
tion of the United States.' ' ' , ,-.
The jury of inquest on the death' of Mr,
Pollard rendered a verdict this morning
,that he came to his death at the hands of
-some person unknown. Grant is still in
custody and will be examined on . Friday.
Chief Justice Chase, in his order to-day
• dispensing with 'the test oath to grand
jurors, explained that it was an additional
oeth prescribed by CongresS,birth is to be
taken, unless the court in its discretion
direct otherwise. He added 'The scruples
y
:at taking it are expressed b' some grand iv
jurora; known to be among those best qual
ified for the responsible duties of their IN:•.,
sition. have induced us to inquire whether
the public interests now demand 'that the
taking of it be required, and we are sat
isfied that while matters affirmed in it
:are proper cause of challenge in par
ticularrthe ends of justice will be
hindered ancases, d
defeated, rather, than pro
moted and seconded by directing it to be
administered, uniesesome special occasion _,
shall demand it. 'No suehapecial occasion
new exists, and, inasmuch ,as the required
number of Grand Jurors have not yet been
sworn, we' will order that thoie'who have
been sworn be discharged, and theittarshal
will summon another Grand Jury in the
usual manner."
In his charge to the Grand Jury bespoke
as follows of .the Revenue frauds: "We
admonish you, gentlemen, to exercise
your utmost vigilance on the subject Of
frauds on the Revenue; an evil whichithe
land cries out upon; and .frands upon the
Revenue are frauds upon the whole body
of taxpayers, and no one who eats; drinks,
wears or is sheltered under any roof, how
ever humble, now escapes taxation. What
ever the dishonest hyoid paying, their
worthier fellow-citliens must make up.
Investigate - 'thoroughly, / therefore, and
spare nobody, least of all, those in the
highest and most responsible positions;
those who are worthy will welcome, the in
quiry which must turn to theit praise.:'
The sum of - two million five hanclred
thousand dollars tax was paid on tobacco
manufactrued and shipped frotußichmond
for the nine months ending the let irritant.
PHILADELPHIA.
Paper to be Resuseitated--The Fenian Con
vention—Atlantic Garden Theatre Burned
(By Telegraph to tbel'lttsbirgh Ciarotte.)
PIEILADELPIIIA, NOVeMbir 25.—W., T.
Aherne has pgrehased the-penny Globe, and
will resuscitate it with improvements.
.` Hon. J. W. Fitzgerald presides over the
Fenian Congress, the proceedings of which
are mostly secret.
The following resolution was passed by
the Fenian Congress in joint session to-day:
Reeorved, As the sense of Congress that
we hereby tender a general and cordial in
vitation to all the Inilependent Irish Revd-
Intionary Brotherhood and Savage circles Of
the Fenian Brotherhood to -send delegates
to this Convention. We furthermore in
vite all native Irishmen to participate in
our deliberations.;
The
The large building in Callowhill street,
below Fifth, known as the Atlantic Gar
dens, and used for the lowest class of the
atrical performances, , was burned• this
evening. It caught ire just previous to,
the commencement of the performance.'
The audience escapedunhurt, . . The place
formerly had a:notoriously bad reputation
under the:name of Ritter's Melodeon. Loss
net yet r. ascertained. The surrounding
builngttwere damaged by lire and water.,
Lady Robbed of $9 , 000.
[By Telegiapb to thenteallurglitiszette.j
Navy 0111.71.41TE1, • NoNiember 25.—A lady
on board the steamer Sarah; from .Mobile
for New. Orleans, robbed of nine thou
sand dollars last night. There is no clue to
the robbers.
Y, NOVEMBER' 26. 18€8.
nnssoima.
Meeting ,of the Legtslature—Covernor's
1 blessage--Whhiky seized-1....Y0unt Mtn's
Christian • Association Convention !.
CST Telegraph to the Plitcburgii :Gazette.] I
1 ST. LOUIS Nov 25.—The Democrat 'has a 1
Special from Little Rock, Ark,, which says
the •Legislaturo has at last) got a quorum
-1r4 ,0u
,and the*, ruor' message haS boil read.
['lt gives mu of RiAtliix. aMasainav
• Mn% nrd 'an othA.bubmges d nring
the past th ee onths.- - litaitial: la* has •
been declared in. veral counties, and State
troops sent there to protect /041 Men ; and
punish theßn- rix, and theGavernor in
tends .he says, use the nillitray force nu,
ill pe ace, sec andobedionce to thelawa
Prevails through ut the, State., He recom
mends the fundi gof the State debt.
'i." The ', Livia:lt e has passed a law ap-'
, roving the Gby or's declaration either
ial law in the ele en counties referred .to`
in his message . -- • • I '' • " L- "'
One htindiedli d thirty-eight barrels of
hlskYi in four . di rent lots, •were sei zed
here to-day. • .:
I r
Sr.L Louis, November= 26..-The Young
Men's • Christian- Association Convention
mat , at. nine . o'clooic .this morning. . The
t regular question was what. is the work
Oft-Young lien's Christian' Conventions,
k ,
filch was introduced by J. R. Merwin,
dthhsequently discussed (briefly by the
riVention.
I' The nextquestion was. the right of elec-.
tion between the churches and Young-
Men's - Christian Associations, which was
t . spoken of by Alfred Connell,‘of St . :Louis,
I Mr. Walters, of Indiana, said he believ
ed the sole object of these. Associations
should be to work for Christ. • Whenever
young men undertook anything • else, any-
thing that was unchristian, they were mis
taken. The sole object of the Amociation
was to make themselves like Christ, not
Christ like them, or according to any de
nomination. •
Rev. A. B. Blair, of 'Cleveland, said it ,
had been represented to him that pastors
of churches.-regarded the. ChriatianAaso
ation as rendering the young men useful
r the purpose.' - His observations led him
ttbo believe that such a conclusion was incor
rect. , •- • :
The Rev-. Mr. Morton offered the follow
ing resolution as embodying the viejvs of
the Convention on the foregoing stibject,
which was adopted: - 1. -
Resolved, That. no other agency can su
percede the Christian Church,- or ;do its
work, the work God has laid 'on it, and for
which He has established it, to preserre
and disseminate truths, to leaven and
evangelize and save the world.`
To aid in this work as an auxillMky to the
church is the legitimate work Otthe "iriing
Mena Christian •Assochstion. it is, wnen
rightly conducted, the chureinabest.friend,
the pastors right arm and I strong, earnest,
efficient laborer In die lifastor'Ovinevard.
Every christian orgardzation 'tumid be
untiring in 'three], but must rely 'Upon the
church, which was the birthplace and the
home of the soul; • any aspirations that
- sought to superoode the church was fight
ing agsinst .Chxistian. brotherhood. They
puld dot supply the - placelbf the churcli,
out they could Work for thee chtirek-and in
proportion as they Worked"faithfully, in
tliat proportion Would . they be heldi up by
the! church, animated with I zeal for the
glory of God on High, purposes theyonght
not to seek to aupereede thechuroh, with
all her t"," hallowed associations:' - Any
effort li that: ditection -originated in
, mistaken zeal, and was a war,
n brethren. He stood second to no man
his esteem fort &work of ,this Associa
nem. He believed t.to be the noblest • aux-
Illary of the . It .was .a ;school_
where children ar
.. trained to intelligent
ehurehmemberahi He would; bidthem
God imbed to go mu Weir geed work, of
whatever name or denomination, and faith
falness and loyalty to the Church.
The next queskion the right , work of
the Christiangssoclation--was introduced
by J. - 11. Sherwen r of Si, Louis, who said
he thanked God they-had learned the bene
fiti)of ortganization , rind were taking hold of
this Matter as the did - materiel things. If
they wished•to- id &railroad, individual
incorporation an 'organization were requi
red one man coil* not acoomplish it; nor
any number of men without united effort.
This much. so far as organization and cor
poyition were concerned, had been learned
b Christian& Now; how should the vari
ousorganizatiodi-Ibe employed when they
engage in the work? • Very differently, he
believed, from what they were at present.
He - believed this Association • ought
to reorganize itself. He believed that
it would not fullfil its mission -or
carry out its work, without the" earnest
co-operation of the women,of the • church ;
and instead of calling the association the
Young Men's Christian :Association, . he
would, have them re-organized and theft
names changed to the Young People's
Christian Association, eo that; all persons
who have young blood in `
_their :veins
can work for Christ, . and ! the power
of I evil will give way before. their nni
led 'efforts. The speaker wished not to"
deprecate in the slightest degree what has
been and. what is now being done; but
simply add more power to.the organization.
He also thought other organizations, the
Unitarians, Universalist% and Roman Cath- -
ones, should beinvited tocooperation with
them. The gentlemen submitted the fol
lowingquestions, which he thought should
be ; proposed to every` new megriber of the
Association with a view to a proper diyision
of labor: Will you be a teaoher or a scholar
in 'a Sunday • School or a Mission Sun
,day School, or attend; young . people's
prayer meeting, - or the district visitation,
of visit the sick, or engage in personal ef T . '
forts in leading the impenitent to Christ,
or unite in readings or recitations, and dis
courage the frequent and continuei both
ering, as'he called it, of God with prayers
and petitions for help before the petitioners
have wasted all their powers in His service.
HAVANA:
Fight at Menne!Ha—Prominent Insurgents
Surrendering—Matters Favorable 'to the
/Govornmeat—Public and Private Corre
spondence Captured.
(By Telegraph to the Plttebtirgnfiszettea
n4VANA,November 2b —Count yalmu
sela recently made a visit to Mince' nilia.
On his departure the - insurrectionis t s at
tacked that town, but were , repulsed by the
troops, assisted. by the guns of, a inan7of
air in tho harbor. . ,
Several prominent insurrectio nists have
presented themselves to :Captain'Oeneial
Lersundi, and were , pardoned.
All accounts received from the iturairic.
tionary district continue favora b le to the
Government.
The crews of aeveralmen-otwar,making
a total.of one hundred and sixty men, had
been united 'with the troops. This com
bined force left the town of , '-nta Cruz and
surprised - a party of tour hundred r.3v0h2,..
tionists, who dredseveral rounds upon the
troops and lied precipitately. The Sailors
then 'surrounded the buildings which had
been j occupied bythii insurreetibnists and
captured eighty hones, a quatitity of am
munition and correspondence of a public
and private character. inclu4ing some taken
from; the Government messengers several'
FLORIDA.
Reed-Gleason . Dltfienity:.-Further Time
Granted Tient. Gov. Gleason—The Court
Sustain'Gov. Reed. '
[By Telegraph t6tbe Plittbarit Gazette..
TALLAHASSEE, NOVember 25.—1 n the Su-•
preme ;Court , this morning Lieut. Gov.
leason. was granted ftirther time, until
•
fottr-P-iic, to show cause why a writ.'of
,4tio Farraasto should not be issued, imme
diately after which the Court adiourniid
• till to-morrow, out of respect to General
Waddy Thompson. 1. • -
7.he advisory opinions were delivered
this morning on the, questions submitted,
.bylGovernor Reed some days since. -The
;opinions are , unantniQualJengthy and well
fortified by Drecedents•and authorities, and
sustain Governor' Iteed's position. .They
"decide that no legislature assembled under
Governor Bead's proclamation for a special
Session, audit they hid been a legal assem
blY, that tfiii Mixt of the impeachment was
irregular and not in accordance with law or
precident, and declares that the mere
passage" of resolutions of impeachment do
not - impeach.`=A colored • Senator who
was present states that when the articles of
impeachment were presentedio the Ssnate,
that not a
the
of the matibers in attend
ance at the Session were in the..-Senate
Chamber. Little doubt exists but a writ
of quo warranto will. be Isaued ; but ar
guments for and against 'under null nisi
'will begin to-Morrow and may continue
several days.
ALABAMA.
Doings of the AJalusata Legislature. '
(By Telegraph to the Pittsburgh Gazette.) -
.516sToomunr, November 25.—The Leg
•lslature is discussing a bill to stay the col
lectionof debts.,. Two Judges haVe already
decided the stay law now in force mamma
tutional.. • •
A bill fixing the time of the election for
members of the Forty-first Congress is also
under consideration.. Sonic, favor the elec
tion in February, and others not until Stip.
tember.
The bill for suppressing the alleged Ku
ll:Mx-Klan disorders is made the special
order for Saturday.
Eolith Houses have adjourned over until
Friday.
OHIO.
Commissioners to the Cottle Disease Con
-ventlon--Legisloture 'Adjourned till Jan.
nary Ath.' 7
Illy_Telecratth to the , Pittabscrith Gazette.); /
, Npvember .25. 7 -The Gov
ernor toAay, Appointed Dr. J. M. Clan
dean, Of.Cineispusti, Daniel McMillen, Of
Xenia, -- Messenger, of Marion, James
Stockdale, .of tOnciister and Thomas V.
Reber, of Upper Saridually, C3mmisidoners
of the State , of Ohio to. attend the Cattle
Dileaso Conveiatiou r to be beld' at Spring;
field, Illinois, Decembeflst, 1868.
.The Ohio Leg islature adjourned to-night
until the sth of Januarynext.
lassiaidppi 'Republican State Couveild 7
(By Telagesph to the Pittsburgh Gazette.]
JACKSON, Miss., November 2.5. The Re
publican State Convention met to-day, with
Merphis as permanent President. A
committee was appointed to prepare an ad.-
'dress for the Convention to Congress. A
resolution was adopted requesting Congress
to secure the right of suffrage to every loyal
citizen of every State in the Union, not. dis
franchised for crime. .
Death of an Ddltor. •
[By - Telegraph to tbe Pittsburgh Gazette. •
hIILIVAITK.P.E; NOV M. Liron, pro
prietor of the Dally , News, was found dead
last night at the foot t of a Sight of stairs; It
is supposed he died of appoplexy. .
Buffalo Market. •
Env Te,egesph to the Pittsburgh 6szette.3
BCTFITA.LO. November 25.—Plogr — firm,
,With sales 550 bbls city ground spring at
$7a7,50: also, 300 bbls western bakers at 58
a 8,25. Wheat in fair demand, with sales
15,000 bush No. 2 Cititago and htilwaukee
at $1,37; . also, 18,000 bush Missouri, per
sample, tb arrive, at $1,35; alio, 2,000 bush
Port Washington at 51,48; also, 5,000. bush
Wisconsin sprind 51,40. also, 1,050 bush
white Canada'at 52, 05; a150,.2,000 bush am
ber , winter at 1,70. Corn steady, with
sales 130,000 bush No. 1 western at. 51; alsb,
8,000 bush ao. to arrive at, same price; small
lota' sold at- $1,01a1,02. Oats easier,-with
sales 34,000 bush weattbiat 5934 a. Rye and
Bar_ley dull and unchanged. Pork quiet
at 528a28,50. Lard at 16a16?1n; the market
is quiet. Etighwines nominal at 51,05.
There will be no meeting to-Morrow.
New Orleaii MuAet.
(By Telegraph to the Pittsburgh Gazette.)
NEW Onfsarre, November 25.—Cotton
was stiffer In the morning but easier at the
close; middlings 23%44c; sales of 2,700
bales; receipts, 2,197 bales; exports, 1,412
bales. Gold, 135Na135. Sterling '
145Ka
146. New York sigh t ' Exchange y, per
cent. discount.^. Sugar land Molasses un
changed. Flour dull; superfine 16,75, treble
extra-86,7E67,50. Cor i {, quiet; new 90c. Oats
held at 63c. Hay firmer; , western 524a25.,
Bran $1,20.- Pork nominal at 826. Bacon
unsettled; shoulders:l2X% clear rib sides
16c, clear sides 18Xe. Lard dull; tierce
16c, keg 17%c. Whisky; western rectified
#1,00a1,023i. Coffe, dull unchanged.
Mertiphis Narket.
My Telegraph to the Plttabdigh, Gazette.]
MEMPHIS, NovembOr,2s:—Cotton is quiet
und'firm, and sales were made of Uplands
at 21%a230; the receipts amounted to 1,234
bales, and the exports to 1,985 bales. Flour
is nommaL corn is held at 723;a75e.
Oats; the market is quiet' and prices are
held at 6230 in store. Hay is selling atl22
eV). Pork; sales are being made at $25.
Lard is held at 18c. Bacon is dull, with
sales of shoulders at 120.
•
Ckdettgc Market.
City Telegraph to the Pittsburgh Gazette.)
Crricatio, Nov. 24 --Evening.—Wheat to
night is unsettled and nominal, and sales
were made at $1,13, Corn is quiet, and
sales were made at 92c, Oats;. there is
nothing doing, and sales were made at 46a
4831 c. 2
Detrolt Market.
•EBYTeiegrugh to the Pittsburgh Gasette.3 -
DETROIT, November 26.—The flour mar
ket is Atagnimt- Wheat; No. 1 amber
white 111,45; other grades neglected; for No,
1 white 11,82 was the best offer. Dressed
ridge ftiaB,62; the outside figure for extra
heavy:
San Francisco Market.
By Telo[esptt to the P4tsburith Guatte.]
' FRA.Ncisoo, Nov. 25.—Flour sold
at , 04,75a5.76.' Wheat is firm at 1 11,75a1,80.
Legal 'Tenders are quoted at •74e.
• Nasllsl,tle Alaraet ; •
,
(Br TolerniDh to the Pittsburgh Gazette.'
NABIEVILM , Nov. * :2s.—Cotton is quiet,
with sales of :low middlings at: 21340, and
good ordinary , at 240. • ; ;
The Trial Trip of the First Locomotive.
• _Major Horatio Allen, the engineer of the
New York4utd Erie Railroad, gives The fol
lowing account of the first trip made by a
locomotive on this continent
• . .
• When was It? Who was it? And who
awakenedits energies and directed its move-
Menti ? / It was in the year 1828, ,on the
\banks of the Lackawaxen, at the commence
incht of the railroads connecting the canal
of the Delaware and Hudson Canal Com
panywith their coalmines—mid he who
, addresses you was the only person on that
' locomotire. The circumstances which/led
to my behig , alone on the road were these :
The road had \been built in the summer; the
structnre was Of,hemlock Aimber, and rails
of large dimensions, notched on cads placed
far . apart. The timber hid cracked and
warped from expossirt3, talthe sun. After'
about three hundred feet of straight line;
the road crossed the Lackanraxen creek on
, trestle work, thirty feet high, with a curve
of three hundred and fifty-five to fotu• hun
dred feet radius The impressien was very
general that the iron monster would break
down-the'road, or it would leave the track.
at the.curve and plunge into the creek.
My reply to such apprehensions' wasthat
it was too late to Consider the ,probability
of such - occurrences; there was no other
course than to have a trial ,rnade of the
strange animal which had 'been brought ,
here at a great expense, butthat - it was not '
necessary that more than one_ Should be in
,volved in its fate; that I would take the first
ride alone, and the timelvould come when
I should look back tothe incident with great
interest. • ,' '
As I placed my hand on the throttle-valve /
handle, I was undecided whether to move
.slowly or with a fair 'degree of speed; bit
believing that the road would provesafe,
and prefeering, if We did go down, to go
handsomely, and without any evidence
timidity. I started with onsiderableveloc
ity, passed the curve of -th& creek safely,
and was soon oat of the hearing of the vast ;
assemblage.. At the end of two or three
miles I reversed the valVe and return - el
without accident, having.thui made the firo,
railroad trip, by locomotive, on the Western
hemisphere. , •
A Safety Rail.
Dr. A. W. Hall's suggestion, made in a '
paper reed a few evenings since before r the
Society of Practical Engineers, for avoiding
accidents on railroads resulting fibril the
breaking or displacement of rails,-is a good '
one and at the same time quite practicable.
Dr. Hall suggests that a second,oz,sufety
rail, be laid inside the working rail, and , that
the wheels of the - cars be made with a dbuble
tread. The safety rail being about ; a Oat.'
ter of an inch lower;than the workingrall,
would not, under ordinary circumstsuctees,i.
be touched by the car wheels. Should, how
ever, the outer rail >be displaced, .the inner
tread of the wheel would fall on the safety
rail and thedists would be carried along es t
betbre, Wlthinft th e passim -hetzt i r
co
se du that untis. hatilwrirceL.—
As old rails might thus Utilized, titecost
of laying a tract of safety rails would not,-
it is estimated, exceed $3,560, per mile..
What railway is there in this country that
has not suffered enough loss by broken rails.
to lay a track of safety rails througliout its';
entire extent ten times over ? A suggestion
was made years ago, in an English paper,
that a middle rail should 'be laid' an all,
tracks, and that each car should be provided
with wheels with deep flanges, placed be
neath the body of the car and running en
the central track. Thus, 'in the event= of
either rail giving way, the central rail would
come into play. Dr. • Hall's. suggestien,
however, is better than the English one.'—
.N'eto York Tines.
• United States Mondale. Europe.
The Echo de la Bourse, published in Per
is, has an'interesting article on the opera"
Lions in United States Bonds in Franca and
Germany. - This journal 'states that
wards of six hundred , millions of dollars
worth of American securities held in En-,
rope, four-fifths, at least, are, held in Ger
many. The daily sales of:United States
Bonds at Frankiwt, Hatribtatitrethen and
Berlin will, it is asserted; ,compare;:favorit;
bly with the transactions in •: Wail street,
and at , llotterdoun and - Vienna the, sales are
larger than in London. La "Paris,.the pur
chases are small; and are . principally effect:
ed by Americans residing ins or passing
through that city. . The Echo states, how- ,
ever, that while the European securities
have fluctuated greatly in -value, the United
States Bonds continue to advance'steadily,
and at present are 'quoted on the Bottriett
a high figure. This appreciation of the
high value ofAmerican securities:.is attrib
uted to the Monthly. Circular issued by the
Treasury Department, showing the finan
cial condition of the country, and which is
sent to all the bankers of Europe.
A Slave -Dealer's Execution.
A writer in the Atlantic referring to the
execution of Gordon, the slave4rader, says:
"Whatever Gordon's life may, liave been
worth to him or to his friends, I think this
country put it. o a very good use whenahe
hanged him. A storm of protests was made
against his death. I Twenty-five ,thOisind
people petitioned Abraham Lincoln' o spare
that man's life, and AbraltamlAncolt refit's- •
ed. Gordon was hanged. All through the I
little ports and big ports of the United States
it was known that a slave-trader had been ' )1
hanged. And when that was known; the 111
American slave trade ended.. All tip' and
down little, African rivers that you never
heard the name of, it was• known that an
American elayeArader had been hanged; and
cowardly pirates trembled, and brave seamen
cheeted when they heard it. Mothers of
children thanked such = gods as they knew
how to thank; and slaves shut up in bans
coons, waiting for their voyage, got signal •
that something had happened which was to
give them freedom. That something was
that Gordon was hanged. So far that little -
candle threw its beams."
Ix the 'United States District Court .at
Indianapolis, on Baturday,'Jridge 74.'Denald
decided on two points of the Bankrupt act.
Firstly—The hdlure for fourteen days to
pay commercial paperis not an act of bank
.ruptcy, unless it is shown that the failure
was with :fraudulent intent. ASecondly—
When a ''banker, knowing his estate to be
insolvent, permits : himself
,to be sued, and
kpowing that a judgment on such suit will
give ths t kereditor adVantage over others,
he comtits - an act of bankruptcy, and is
; bound. to seek the 'relief of the'. Bankrutit
act; neglecting, this, he• may be adjudged
bauktapton petition of -creditors..
—John A. Fisher. ibrreer cashier of the
Ban.k of 'l'enneseee, died in Nashville yes
erday.